Quote by Austin, John Langshaw
"The doctrine of performatives shows us that language does more than describe reality; it constitutes actions."
"The doctrine of performatives shows us that language does more than describe reality; it constitutes actions."
"When I say I am using the word in a normal way I am not then saying something which is false whatever I may say."
"The world has always laughed at its own tragedies, that being the only way in which it has been able to bear them."
"How to do things with words."
"Knowledge is not a tool which can be shelved or unshelved at will."